Teams Utah 2026 Roster ← 2025 2026 Utah roster 111 players: 30 freshmen, 34 sophomores, 19 juniors, 28 seniors. From 22 states and 2 other countries; the most from Utah (31) and Texas (15). The 2026 season .
Quarterbacks 5 Running backs 8 Receivers 13 Tight ends 9 Offensive line 19 Defensive line 18 Linebackers 10 Defensive backs 24 Specialists 5
Running backs 8 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 1 Wayshawn Parker RB Jr. 5′10″ 205 Richmond, CA 597 rushing yards, 7 TD 5 Daniel Bray RB So. 5′10″ 180 Fort Worth, TX 129 rushing yards, 1 TD 25 Steve Chavez-Soto RB Transfer from San José State So. 6′0″ 205 Chino, CA 63 rushing yards, 1 TD 26 LaMarcus Bell RB 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′0″ 200 Portland, OR 93 rushing yards, 1 TD 20 Mateaki Helu RB So. 6′1″ 224 Tooele, UT 36 rushing yards 3 Nate Johnson RB 4★ 4-star recruit Sr. 6′1″ 200 Clovis, CA 28 Anthony Hernandez RB Jr. 5′10″ 192 Park City, UT 84 Jojo Ward RB Fr. 6′2″ 225
Receivers 13 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 7 Braden Pegan WR Transfer from Utah State Sr. 6′3″ 210 San Juan Capistrano, CA 32 catches, 422 yards, 6 TD 8 Mana Carvalho WR So. 5′9″ 175 Laie, HI 10 returns, 69 yards 11 Ricky Johnson WR Transfer from Mississippi State So. 6′2″ 185 Warner Robins, GA 16 catches, 233 yards, 1 TD 2 Creed Whittemore WR 4★ 4-star recruit Sr. 5′11″ 182 Gainesville, FL 15 catches, 253 yards 12 Larry Simmons WR Sr. 6′1″ 190 Moss Point, MS 5 catches, 95 yards 0 Kyri Shoels WR Transfer from San José State Sr. 6′0″ 182 Las Vegas, NV 1 catch, 11 yards 6 Daidren Zipperer WR Sr. 6′0″ 175 Lakeland, FL 18 Tobias Merriweather WR 4★ 4-star recruit Sr. 6′5″ 200 Vancouver, WA 30 Matt Clark WR Jr. 5′11″ 181 Mesa, AZ 37 Peyton Rice WR Sr. 5′10″ 180 Salt Lake City, UT 39 Junior Coughlin WR So. 6′0″ 176 Lehi, UT 80 Bryson Baker WR So. 6′1″ 185 Fresno, CA 82 Max Ausmus WR So. 6′1″ 185 Redondo Beach, CA
Tight ends 9 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 89 Noah Bennee TE Transfer from Weber State Sr. 6′4″ 240 Holladay, UT 13 catches, 206 yards, 3 TD 10 Hunter Andrews TE 3★ 3-star recruit Jr. 6′3″ 230 Magnolia, TX 6 catches, 42 yards, 2 TD 44 Sione Motuapuaka TE So. 5′11″ 276 Las Vegas, NV 2 tackles 86 Will Monney TE Transfer from Oklahoma State Jr. 6′4″ 230 Springville, UT 1 catch, 0 yards 99 Semi Taulanga TE So. 5′11″ 317 Santa Ana, CA 1 catch, 1 yard, 1 TD 33 Kana’i Lopes TE Jr. 6′3″ 228 Las Vegas, NV 46 Teague Matthews TE Fr. 6′6″ 240 Rockland, ID 81 Bear Fisher TE Fr. 6′5″ 240 Queen Creek, AZ 85 Broderick Redden TE So. 6′4″ 233 San Clemente, CA
Offensive line 19 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 55 Kelvin Obot OL 5★ 5-star recruit Fr. 6′5″ 295 Fruitland, ID 1 tackle 73 Cedric Jefferson OL Transfer from Montana State Jr. 6′5″ 300 Temecula, CA 1 tackle 54 Milz Asiata OL Fr. 6′5″ 331 Melbourne, VIC 56 Isaiah Kema OL Transfer from Ohio State Fr. 6′3″ 312 Lubbock, TX 57 Moses Sparks OL Fr. 6′4″ 305 Rio Rancho, NM 61 Cyrus Nielsen OL Fr. 6′5″ 315 Sandy, UT 62 Solatoa Moea’i OL Sr. 6′4″ 325 Laie, HI 63 Devin Entsminger OL Fr. 6′4″ 300 Las Vegas, NV 64 Reece Parmenter OL Jr. 6′5″ 319 St. George, UT 66 Will Fry OL Fr. 6′4″ 315 Fairview, TX 67 Soren Shinofield OL So. 6′6″ 304 Greenwood Village, CO 70 Mataalii Benjamin OL 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′7″ 340 Lehi, UT 71 Rowdy Pearce OL Fr. 6′3″ 295 Midland, TX 72 Isaiah Garcia OL 4★ 4-star recruit Jr. 6′5″ 310 Magna, UT 74 Keith Olson OL Sr. 6′6″ 307 Napavine, WA 75 Roger Alderman OL Sr. 6′4″ 302 Sonora, CA 76 Zereoue Williams OL Sr. 6′8″ 305 Phoenix, AZ 77 Nick Hallock OL So. 6′4″ 275 South Jordan, UT 79 Alex Harrison OL Sr. 6′5″ 309 Bountiful, UT
Defensive line 18 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 90 Jireh Moe DT Transfer from San José State 3★ 3-star recruit So. 6′0″ 280 Westminster, CA 18 tackles, 1 sack 8 Ethan Day DE Transfer from North Texas Jr. 6′4″ 250 Ripon, CA 15 tackles 15 Lance Holtzclaw DE 3★ 3-star recruit Sr. 6′3″ 245 Boston, MA 14 tackles 51 Karson Kaufusi DT 3★ 3-star recruit So. 6′6″ 305 Holladay, UT 11 tackles, 1 sack 93 Kash Dillon DE Jr. 6′5″ 252 Draper, UT 11 tackles 40 Paul Fitzgerald DE Sr. 6′4″ 256 Idaho Falls, ID 6 tackles 45 Pupu Sepulona DT So. 6′2″ 298 Kalihi, HI 5 tackles 97 Lucas Samsula DT Transfer from Wyoming So. 6′4″ 306 Plano, TX 1 tackle, 0.5 sacks 16 P.J. Takitaki DE 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 223 Lehi, UT 1 tackle 94 Mike Tauteoli DT Jr. 6′4″ 300 Midvale, UT 1 tackle 46 Mauka Bernard DE Fr. 6′4″ 215 Salt Lake City, UT 47 Jared Fredrick DE Fr. 6′3″ 220 Salt Lake City, UT 48 Alex Cloward DE Fr. 6′3″ 247 Salem, UT 57 Stanley Raass DT Fr. 6′0″ 290 Laie, HI 58 Fameitau Siale DE Fr. 6′3″ 265 Seattle, WA 92 Nicholas Igwe DE So. 6′4″ 255 Houston, TX 96 Dilan Battle DT So. 6′2″ 320 Arlington, TX 99 Jamal Wallace DT Transfer from Tennessee Sr. 6′3″ 313 Kansas City, MO
Linebackers 10 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 10 Trey Reynolds LB Sr. 6′1″ 231 Queen Creek, AZ 35 tackles, 1 INT 7 Johnathan Hall LB Sr. 6′1″ 226 Katy, TX 28 tackles, 1 sack 83 Elijah Elliss LB Jr. 6′2″ 225 Farmington, UT 22 tackles, 2 sacks 0 Cyrus Polu LB 4★ 4-star recruit So. 6′1″ 225 St. George, UT 19 tackles, 1.5 sacks 53 Brock Fonoimoana LB So. 6′1″ 200 Laie, HI 4 tackles 54 Tayson Reid LB So. 6′0″ 230 Spanish Fork, UT 1 tackle 35 Preston Pitts LB Fr. 6′4″ 225 League City, TX 41 LaGary Mitchell LB Fr. 6′2″ 212 Meridian, ID 43 Grady Mareko LB Jr. 6′1″ 231 Leone, American Samoa 53 Jed Judkins LB Fr. 6′2″ 215
Defensive backs 24 No. Player Class Ht Wt Hometown 2026 1 Rabbit Evans S Sr. 6′1″ 205 Jacksonville, FL 24 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT 23 Jackson Bennee S Jr. 6′2″ 190 Holladay, UT 24 tackles, 2 INT 6 Nate Ritchie S 4★ 4-star recruit Sr. 6′2″ 207 Cedar Hills, UT 24 tackles, 1 sack 5 James Chenault CB Transfer from South Florida Jr. 6′0″ 180 Orlando, FL 8 tackles, 2 INT 9 Elijah Davis CB Sr. 6′0″ 185 Winter Haven, FL 16 tackles 11 Elijah Reed CB Transfer from Akron Sr. 6′3″ 200 Louisville, KY 15 tackles 21 Nate Tilmon S So. 6′1″ 196 Arlington, TX 6 tackles, 1 sack 25 Manny Fuller S So. 6′0″ 190 El Paso, TX 5 tackles 4 J.C. Hart CB Sr. 6′2″ 202 Loachapoka, AL 4 tackles 2 Jeremiah Caldwell CB 4★ 4-star recruit Sr. 6′3″ 190 Belleville, MI 2 tackles 12 Davis Andrews S 3★ 3-star recruit Fr. 6′3″ 200 Highland, UT 2 tackles 19 Dylan Waters CB Fr. 6′0″ 185 Missouri City, TX 1 tackle 24 Marcus Wimberly S Transfer from Oklahoma 4★ 4-star recruit Fr. 6′1″ 185 Bauxite, AR 1 tackle 13 Nicholas Brown CB Transfer from Lamar So. 6′0″ 170 Cypress, TX 14 Cole Standage S So. 6′2″ 200 Mesa, AZ 18 Earl Parker CB Jr. 6′2″ 186 Fairbanks, AK 20 King Long CB Fr. 5′9″ 180 27 Brandon Holmes CB So. 6′1″ 180 Tempe, AZ 28 Luke Bryant S Fr. 6′2″ 200 Holladay, UT 29 Major Hinchen CB Fr. 6′2″ 175 La Quinta, CA 31 Jack Evans S So. 6′0″ 192 Salt Lake City, UT 32 Josh Sovereign S So. 5′11″ 198 Chandler, AZ 34 Ashton Olevao S So. 6′0″ 200 Salt Lake City, UT 38 Tommy Nelson S So. 6′3″ 193 Salt Lake City, UT
Dillon Curtis, Jackson Bennee, Luke Bryant, Jack Evans, Ashton Olevao, Peyton Rice, Tommy Nelson, Mauka Bernard, Jared Fredrick, Karson Kaufusi, Noah Bennee Nate Ritchie, Davis Andrews, P.J. Takitaki, Junior Coughlin, Mataalii Benjamin Cyrus Nielsen, Logan Castor, Nick Hallock, Kash Dillon, Mike Tauteoli Kyri Shoels, Kana’i Lopes, Sione Motuapuaka, Devin Entsminger Mana Carvalho, Brock Fonoimoana, Stanley Raass, Solatoa Moea’i Cole Standage, Brandon Holmes, Matt Clark Cyrus Polu, Reece Parmenter Nate Johnson, Bryson Baker Devon Dampier, Zereoue Williams Trey Reynolds, Bear Fisher Brandon Rose, Cedric Jefferson Nate Tilmon, Dilan Battle Moses Sparks, Gage Victor Alex Harrison, Elijah Elliss Rabbit Evans Wayshawn Parker Creed Whittemore Jeremiah Caldwell J.C. Hart Daniel Bray James Chenault Daidren Zipperer Braden Pegan Johnathan Hall Ethan Day Elijah Davis Kane Archer Hunter Andrews Elijah Reed Ricky Johnson Larry Simmons Michael Johnson Nicholas Brown Byrd Ficklin Lance Holtzclaw Earl Parker Tobias Merriweather Dylan Waters Mateaki Helu Marcus Wimberly Manny Fuller Steve Chavez-Soto LaMarcus Bell Anthony Hernandez Major Hinchen Josh Sovereign Preston Pitts Paul Fitzgerald LaGary Mitchell Pupu Sepulona Alex Cloward Tayson Reid Kelvin Obot Isaiah Kema Fameitau Siale Will Fry Soren Shinofield Rowdy Pearce Isaiah Garcia Keith Olson Roger Alderman Max Ausmus Broderick Redden Will Monney Tanner Cragun Jireh Moe Nicholas Igwe Lucas Samsula Jamal Wallace Semi Taulanga UT 31 TX 15 CA 14 AZ 8 FL 5 Hometowns of the 2026 Utah roster; the five states sending the most labeled with their players. Hover a dot for names. Map: us-atlas (public domain).
Where the roster comes from By state Utah 31 Texas 15 California 14 Arizona 8 Florida 5 Hawaii 5 Nevada 4 Idaho 4 Top counties Salt Lake County, Utah pop. 1.2 million 17 Maricopa County, Arizona pop. 4.6 million 8 Utah County, Utah pop. 705,000 8 Honolulu County, Hawaii pop. 1 million 5 Orange County, California pop. 3.2 million 4 Hometowns placed in their counties with the US Census Bureau’s Gazetteer files. Populations from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau. Which states send the most FBS players for their size .
Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2026 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.
